30 March 2007

A former magistrate has been ordered to repay £21,000 he illegally claimed in housing benefit.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/6511947.stm
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30 March 2007

Hackers have stolen information from at least 45.7 million payment cards used by customers of US retailer TDX, which owns TD Maxx, and UK outlet TK Maxx.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6509993.stm
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29 March 2007

The owner of Currys has discovered a “significant fraud operation” within one of its French businesses.  For the full story log onto: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6505855.stm
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29 March 2007

Two former lawyers at bankrupt energy firm Enron have been charged by the US Secruities and Exchange Commission (SBC) with civil securities fraud.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6505527.stm
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23 March 2007

Two former accountants for the Japanese internet firm Livedoor have been jailed over their role in a financial scandal.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6483141.stm
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22 March 2007

A marathon runner who illegally claimed thousands of pounds in disability benefits has been ordered to hand over his assets or stay in prison.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/6481543.stm
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22 March 2007

The first person sentences have been handed down in Algeria’s biggest-ever banking scandal.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6478171.stm
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21 March 2007

Several petrol stations in east Surrey are at the centre of a probe into a “number of reports of alleged fraud” involving chip-and-pin card payments.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/surrey/6473829.stm
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20 March 2007

Peers have effectively killed off the government’s plans to restrict trial to jury in complex fraud cases.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6472755.stm
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20 March 2007

Lord Black has been accused of stealing $60m (£31m) from Hollinger International while he was chief executive of the newspaper publisher.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6472833.stm
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20 March 2007

Thousands of people, including two men convicted over terror attacks, obtained passports under false pretences, the Home Office has admitted.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6470179.stm
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20 March 2007

Publications of independent reviews into the government’s ID cards project would set a precedent that would lead to open confrontation between government departments, a freedom of information tribunal heard last week.  Peter Gershon, the former civil servant responsible for introducing Gateway reviews of government IT projects, said that publication of reports into the ID cards programme would seriously undermine to the success of the Gateway review scheme.  Computer Weekly magazine
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20 March 2007

Overall payment card fraud fell last year but online and foreign card fraud is spiralling UK payments association Apacs has revealed.  Total fraud fell 3% between 2005 and 2006 to £428m, and online baking fraud jumped 44% to £33.5m in 2006.  The introduction of chip and pin has hit the traditional retail fraudsters, said Apacs, with shop till fraud falling by 47% in 2006.  Criminals are still successfully copying the magnetic strip on UK cards, with the aim of cloning them to use in countries that do not have a chip and pin system in place, said Apacs.  This has led to fraud abroad rising by 43%.  Card-not-present fraud losses, covering online phone and mail order transactions, have increased by 16% and account for just under 50% of all card fraud losses.  Cheque fraud losses fell from £40,300 in 2005 to £30.6m last year as fewer cheques were used and banks improved verification processes.  Apacs spokeswoman Sandra Quinn said, “These figures clearly show that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to dealing with fraud.  Computer Weekly magazine
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19 March 2007

A former director of the failed South West Film Studios in Cornwall has pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining £1.8m of EU grant money.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/6468091.stm
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19 March 2007

Traders may be incorrectly labelling more than one million imported battery eggs each week and then selling them as free range, say government officials.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6465317.stm
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18 March 2007

New rules to combat the spread of Value Added Tax (VAT) carousel fraud will start on 1 June 2007.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6467453.stm
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16 March 2007

A former colleague of Lord Conrad Black has agreed to pay $28.7m (£14.7m) to the US authorities to settle fraud charges against him.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6459535.stm
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16 March 2007

Takafumi Horie was a brash young internet entrepreneur.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6445291.stm
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15 March 2007

An ex-MP is to return to his job after being cleared of involvement in an alleged fraud at a psychiatric hospital where he was non-executive chairman.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/6456267.stm
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15 March 2007

The Attorney General Lord Goldsmith has announced a series of anti-fraud measures including setting up a working group to consider plea bargaining.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6455115.stm
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15 March 2007

A North Somerset couple who allegedly claimed £75,000 in child tax credits for 15 non-existent children have been arrested on suspicion of fraud.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/6453459.stm
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14 March 2007

A study of fraud in the UK, carried out for the Association of Chief Police Officers, estimates that £20bn is lost to the economy annually, equating to £350 per person.  National public sector fraud is ‘conservatively’ estimated at £7.1bn.  Local authority fraud totals £61m.  Public Sector magazine
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14 March 2007

A woman from Shrewsbury has been jailed for 15 months for managing a property business while she was making false benefit claims.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/6452385.stm
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14 March 2007 

Card fraud in NI dropped 12% last year following the widespread take up of chip-and-pin technology.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6449873.stm
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13 March 2007

There was a 3% drop in the amount of money lost to card fraud in 2006.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6445409.stm
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13 March 2007

Lord Black goes on trial on charges of fraud and racketeering, but is this a story of corporate excess or overzealous governance?  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6445121.stm
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13 March 2007

The trial of Conrad Black - press baron, British peer, socialite and a man with a taste for the billionaire lifestyle - is due to start in Chicago. Among the charges he faces are fraud and racketeering.   For the full log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6443191.stm
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